Size-based ecosystem modeling is emerging as a powerful way to assess ecosystem-level
impacts of human-and environment-driven changes from individual-level processes. These …

Estimation of population abundances in the absence of good observational data are
notoriously difficult, yet urgently needed for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of …

Body size determines total reproductive-energy output. Most theories assume reproductive
output is a fixed proportion of size, with respect to mass, but formal macroecological tests are …

The biomass and biogeochemical roles of fish in the ocean are ecologically important but
poorly known. Here, we use a data-constrained marine ecosystem model to provide a first …

Fisheries scientists use biological models to determine sustainable fishing rates and
forecast future dynamics. These models require both life‐history parameters (mortality …

Trait-based ecology merges evolutionary with classical population and community ecology
and is a rapidly developing branch of ecology. It describes ecosystems as consisting of …

Global climate change affects marine fish through drivers such as ocean warming,
acidification and oxygen depletion, causing changes in marine ecosystems and …

Fish are one of the most important global food sources, supplying a significant share of the
world's protein consumption. From stocks of wild Alaskan salmon and North Sea cod to …

Selectivity in fish is often size-dependent, which results in differential fishing mortality rates
across fish of the same age, an effect known as “Lee's Phenomenon”. We extend previous …

Balanced harvesting, where species or individuals are exploited in accordance with their
productivity, has been proposed as a way to minimize the effects of fishing on marine fish …